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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: Kavanaugh confirmation "rushed" over 2018 midterms and possibility of more allegations
As was noted at the time, one week was not a lot of time for a robust FBI probe. Whats more, the investigation wasnt conducted under the Senates authority but through the Trump administration, which oversees the bureau. At first, the White House imposed strict constraints on the scope of what the FBI could look at, loosening those bounds only slightly as the probe progressed. Post reporting at the time suggested that fewer than 10 people had been interviewed by the FBI by the time the review concluded, most of them related to the Ford allegations.
Why the rush? One looming deadline was the 2018 midterm elections. Those elections could have made Kavanaughs nomination even more difficult, given the (unlikely) prospect that Democrats could gain seats in the Senate. Another problem was that it seemed possible that more accusations could arise if the process were any more prolonged. So one week and tight constraints were imposed on a bureau and a department that were already facing enormous pressure from the White House.
This wasnt the probe that some senators appeared to expect. Collins, for example, expressed confidence that the FBI would pursue all leads that emerged from its interviews. The Post reported at the time, though, that while Ramirez had been interviewed by the bureau, her lawyers didnt believe that the FBI had contacted any of the people on a list it provided of more than 20 potential witnesses who might be able to corroborate the story about the Yale party.
The FBI's probe didn't turn up anything new. Kavanaugh was confirmed, with Flake's and Collins's support, exactly one month before the midterm elections.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/16/kavanaughs-confirmation-hinged-an-fbi-investigation-that-increasingly-looks-incomplete/
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)Her lies about a full investigation regardless.
FBaggins
(26,721 posts)Republicans paid lip service to the idea but they absolutely were not going to let Democrats run out the clock and endanger the appointment. Democrats wanted it to hinge on an investigation... but it was never going to happen.
iluvtennis
(19,834 posts)cstanleytech
(26,236 posts)onecaliberal
(32,779 posts)Follow the money, please!
triron
(21,984 posts)Smells. FBI sure took its time with Hillary's emails.
Joe941
(2,848 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)suegeo
(2,571 posts)As is Kavanaugh's old lady, who was W's assistant. She and Rice know many dark secrets.
They're all partners in crime, the same waning crime family, whose capo died not long ago. Whose crimes the new boss. (Putin via his puppet) can exploit, blackmail, and so on.
Can't stand the sight of them. Which is light years away from respect, & trusting them to make decent decisions. They're horrible people.